The family of a young pregnant woman who went missing from Fort St. John in April is hoping that two new billboards will help to solicit tips from the public on how she disappeared.
Beth Cobbett, the aunt of 28-year-old Abigail Andrews, who was last seen on April 7, raised donations from family and local businesses to put up two large signs on the Alaska Highway leading into the northern B.C. town.
The billboards feature two large photos, a description of the young woman and phone numbers to call with tips.
Cobbett is hoping the signs will help to garner clues from the community.
“My hope is mainly to just raise awareness of what’s happened to her,” she said. “We as a family don’t believe that she just decided to walk away from her life and start a new one somewhere else. We believe that she’s met with some kind of foul play or someone has intercepted her along the way.
“Still there’s lots of talk that she’s just gone, she’s partying,” she added. “We just would like people to look at this more seriously and consider the fact that maybe there’s someone amongst them . . . who has information.”
Andrews was last seen walking away from her Fort St. John apartment on the evening of April 7. Her mother, Debbie Andrews, said Abigail called her to say she was going to a friend’s house, and was asked to call or send a text message when she got home, but never did.
Abigail is six feet tall with a large build, long dark hair, hazel eyes, fair skin and a tattoo of tribal art on her lower back. She was three months pregnant at the time of her disappearance. Cobbett said she also had a purple Guess bag and a pink Blackberry Pearl phone with her.
Cpl. Annie Linteau of the RCMP said the investigation is still under way, and that police have received dozens of tips from the public so far. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers or police.
Debbie Andrews said she is “in for the long haul now” with the investigation into her daughter’s disappearance.
“I don’t know how this all happened without anybody seeing anything or knowing anything, but maybe someone does know something and maybe their conscience will just get to them after a long time and they will just have to say something,” she said.
Cobbett sent a direct appeal to her missing niece on the “off-chance” that she is out there.
“We love you and we want you to come home,” she said.
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